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From 1989 to 1999, RPC established new accuracy optical surface-relief innovation using federal government funding largely through the SBIR program and DARPA's Innovation Reinvestment (TRP) Program, and through commercial development contracts in conjunction with a number of large industrial and defense-related companies. By 1999, the technology that RPC had actually established was ready for industrial applications. Throughout the emerging optical telecom boom, RPC was gotten by Corning Incorporated in February 1999, renamed Corning Rochester Photonics Corporation (CRPC) and was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corning. CRPC focused mainly on the development of new micro-optics components and systems for optical telecommunication systems. CRPC also worked closely with other Corning departments to design and establish unique screen innovation for rear projection shows using the new emerging micro-display devices. Unfortunately, despite the success of its innovation and procedure development, with the bursting of the optical telecom bubble in late 2001, CRPC was nearby Corning Incorporated on December 31, 2002. In an effort to protect the distinct and world-class innovation, capabilities and engineering group created through RPC and CRPC, Dr. Morris effectively worked out management buy-out arrangements with Corning, and was able to spin-off two companies from CRPC: Apollo Optical Systems and RPC Photonics. The buy-out agreement for Apollo Optical Systems (AOS) was signed on December 31, 2002, and the buy-out agreement for RPC Photonics, Inc. was completed on May 8, 2003. AOS presently leases approximately 21,000 square feet of area. It includes in-house optical and mechanical design facilities, single-point diamond turning facilities, polymer injection molding facilities, a comprehensive optical metrology laboratory, optical system assembly areas, a well-equipped machine shop, and office.

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